Welcome to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies' Electronic Theses & Dissertation site. These pages are dedicated to help you find all the information you might require in order to format and successfully submit your graduate thesis for examination and publication electronically.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) are prepared as text-based PDF files. ETDs can contain non-text elements such as sound, video, and hypertext links. ETDs are available through Scholarship@Western, Western's digital library repository, and also released to the world-wide web with priority in many search engines, enabling scholars worldwide to locate, search, and download the University of Western Ontario's ETDs.
The most significant benefit is the dramatic increase (50-250%) in citation impact that results from electronic publishing. This leads to increased rewards from universities, in the form of promotion and increased salary, and from granting agencies.
Other benefits include:
- publicity for research - authors of electronic theses become more widely known and their reputations are enhanced
- easy worldwide access to your theses for colleagues and collaborators
- easy worldwide access to theses for job and grant applications
- a raised profile for research institutions
- reduced costs at the point of graduation since there is no need to have multiple copies printed.
For an overview of the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation process at The University of Western Ontario, please refer to any area from our site dedicated to supporting ETD at Western:
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Relationship between Predation Pressure, Demography and Genetic Diversity in Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Populations, Michelle E. Bondy
Experimental Modal Analysis of Micron-scale Structures, Joel M. Book
Reductions in Muscle Quantity and Quality in Old and Very Old Men: New Insights into the Progression of Sarcopenia, William J. Booth
Methods for the Analysis of Pretest-Posttest Binary Outcomes from Cluster Randomization Trials, ASM Borhan
Assessment of the Kinetics of Local Plastic Deformation of Zr-2.5%Nb CANDU Pressure Tube Material, Bipasha Bose
Investigations of the Biological Consequences and Cultural Motivations of Artificial Cranial Modification Among Northern Chilean Populations, Christine E. Boston
A Comparative Ontogenetic Study of Biomechanical Adaptations in the Long Bones of South African Khoisan and Sadlermiut Inuit, Kaye-Lynn Boucher
Software Size and Effort Estimation from Use Case Diagrams Using Regression and Soft Computing Models, Ali Bou Nassif
Cold Tolerance of each life stage of the sub-alpine willow leaf beetle, Chrysomela aeneicollis, Evelyn C. Boychuk
The Cost of Ethanol Synthesis During Recovery from Exhaustive Exercise in Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), Simon A. Bradford
Little Liberals: A Child-Centred Approach to the Inculcation of Values, Alison M. Braley-Rattai
The Synthesis and Reactivity of New Pnictogen(III) Cations, Allison L. Brazeau
Individual, Organizational, and Institutional Predictors of the Requesting and Granting of Employer-Sponsored Disability Accommodations, Katherine E. Breward
Motivation and Technology for Quebec CEGEP ESL Classes, Jamie R. Bridge
Architecture and stratigraphy of the Lower Silurian Guelph Formation, Lockport Group, southern Ontario and Michigan, Candace Brintnell
The Prevalence of the Magistrate in the Political Theology of Heinrich Bullinger, Brent J. Brodie
Will Work For Free: Examining the Biopolitics of Unwaged Immaterial Labour, Brian A. Brown
Does a Group Lifestyle Behaviour Change Program (PREPARE) Have an Impact on the Nutritional and Health Characteristics in Adults with Prediabetes?, Jennifer Broxterman
Three-dimensional Ultrasound Measurements of Carotid Atherosclerosis in Vulnerable Patient Populations, Daniel N. Buchanan
Making Sense of Document Collections with Map-Based Visualizations, Olga Buchel
Encapsulation and Controlled Release of rHu-Erythropoietin from Chitosan Biopolymer Nanoparticles, Cody Bulmer
Technique Design To Increase In-Situ Electrical Connections In A Cubic Anvil Press, Marie April Burford
A Real Options Valuation of Renewable Energy Projects, Natasha Burke